“There are two ranking systems and the overall ranking includes the team’s marketing, record keeping lab books showing their design process and other things,” says Woodrow’s UT Dallas sponsor Marc Hairston.

Woodrow STEM Academy head Brandon Carver says the students have spent six weeks “designing, building, and testing a robot that could perform several different complex tasks,” and the resulting robot “did a tremendous job representing Woodrow at the competition,” he says.

“This is a crew that works incredibly hard, but never seeks the spotlight. They have earned some recognition.”

Carver also won an outstanding teacher award at the competition, based on a letter of recommendation submitted by the Woodrow’s club president, Joey Hines.

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